Email UpdatesLanguage Matters Infographic – Addiction
This infographic shares guidance on avoiding stigimized language when discussing addictions.
MAT Tools and Resources
The MAT Tools & Resources Collection is a searchable database of tools and resources available to help those who offer or use MAT services. The tools can be filtered by a number of factors, including use, topic, format, audience, and terms of use. Related to the MAT for OUD Environmental scan publications.
Shatterproof Stigma Information Sheet
This information sheet provides stigmatized words to avoid when speaking about substance use disorder, and words to use instead.
The Power of Perceptions and Understanding: Changing How We Deliver Treatment and Recovery Services
This four-part webcast series educated healthcare professionals about the importance of using approaches that are free of discriminatory attitudes and behaviors in treating individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and related conditions, as well as patients living their lives in recovery.
Beyond Labels - Do Your Best to Reduce Stigma
Designed for people who work in health-related fields, this interactive site will help you learn how stigma can impact the healthcare and support women need, seek and receive.
Implicit Associations Test– Mental Health
These tests measure thoughts about mental and physical health that are difficult to consciously control, including anxiety, depression, alcohol, exercise, eating, or persons with mental illness.
Mother & Baby Substance Exposure Initiative Toolkit
This toolkit introduces best practices to support and improve the quality of care for substance exposed mothers and newborns.
Stigma, Language, & Implicit Bias - Moving Towards Becoming a Stigma-Free Provider
This toolkit focuses on structural stigma oriented toward health care professionals and systems-based approaches.
Implementing Community-Level Policies to Prevent Alcohol Misuse
This guide will serve as a compendium of key policies for the prevention of alcohol misuse that have been identified as evidence-based by robust scientific literature.
Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence
By addressing the conditions that give rise to ACEs and simultaneously addressing the needs of children and parents, these strategies take a multi-generation approach to prevent ACEs and ensure safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments.
Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Services Utilization
This polling presentation include key findings and results from a 2021 poll conducted on the utilization of mental health and substance use treatment services.